Op 17 september 1944 stegen er 11 C-47 Skytrains op met daarin de E (Easy) compagnie van de 82e 'All American' Airborne Division. De opdracht was om bij Grave de zuidzijde van de brug in te nemen. Doordat ze echter te vroeg afsprongen kwam het...
Vliegbasis Leeuwarden, één van de twee Nederlandse F-16-bases, treedt dit jaar weer op als gastheer van de internationale jachtvliegoefening 'Frisian Flag'; het laaglandse neefje van de grote multinationale oefeningen zoals 'Red Flag' in Amerika...
Op vrijdag de 13de april heeft in Schaarsbergen het voltallig aanwezige personeel van 11 Luchtmobiele Brigade (Air Assault) '7 December' met lede ogen afscheid genomen van hun commandant, brigadegeneraal Otto van Wiggen. Na nog net geen twee jaar...
'Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance', ofwel ISR, krijgsmachten krijgen er nooit genoeg van. Voor dat doel zijn de 'Unmanned Aerial Vehicles' (UAV) sterk in opkomst. Wereldwijd neemt het aantal onbemande vliegtuigen zienderogen toe....
Introduction of the Boeing CH-47F Chinook into Dutch service is slipping further back than anticipated, although the Defensie Helikopter Commando (DHC) now expects to accept its first two Foxtrot models at Gilze-Rijen Air Base in September of this...
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